Sonaar Luthra 💧❄️🌧️🧊🌊
@sonaar.bsky.social
🌏 I forecast water & climate risks. AMA☔️
🌱Senior TED Fellow, Truman Fellow, RAND Pardee fellow, Harvard adjunct🦫
☀️SoCal-based, MN-born, 1st gen Punjabi🥁
💧Water Canary Founder🐤
Climate is the message but #water is the medium: go.ted.com/sonaarluthra
🌱Senior TED Fellow, Truman Fellow, RAND Pardee fellow, Harvard adjunct🦫
☀️SoCal-based, MN-born, 1st gen Punjabi🥁
💧Water Canary Founder🐤
Climate is the message but #water is the medium: go.ted.com/sonaarluthra
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America’s Dirtiest Carbon Polluters, Mapped to Ridiculous Precision flip.it/M_sA0a cc @sonaar.bsky.social
America’s Dirtiest Carbon Polluters, Mapped to Ridiculous Precision
“The U.S. taxpayers have a right to this data.”
flip.it
December 18, 2025 at 9:18 PM
America’s Dirtiest Carbon Polluters, Mapped to Ridiculous Precision flip.it/M_sA0a cc @sonaar.bsky.social
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Thank you to everyone who has shared this. The hearing is over for today. DHS has filed a motion to pretermit (end Guan's asylum application in the US) and have him sent to Uganda - where he'd be at risk of being sent to China. The hearing to decide that will be held 12 January.
In late 2020 a Chinese man called Guan Heng travelled to Xinjiang with our BuzzFeed map of detention facilities to provide ground truth for our work - he provided the first corroborating evidence for many sites.
He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
ICE Holding Chinese Man Who Documented Uyghur Camps
Heng Guan is awaiting an immigration hearing on Monday that could lead to his removal from the U.S. and ultimately land him back in China, according to his lawyer and a New York-based activist group.
www.wsj.com
December 15, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Thank you to everyone who has shared this. The hearing is over for today. DHS has filed a motion to pretermit (end Guan's asylum application in the US) and have him sent to Uganda - where he'd be at risk of being sent to China. The hearing to decide that will be held 12 January.
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In late 2020 a Chinese man called Guan Heng travelled to Xinjiang with our BuzzFeed map of detention facilities to provide ground truth for our work - he provided the first corroborating evidence for many sites.
He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
ICE Holding Chinese Man Who Documented Uyghur Camps
Heng Guan is awaiting an immigration hearing on Monday that could lead to his removal from the U.S. and ultimately land him back in China, according to his lawyer and a New York-based activist group.
www.wsj.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:17 PM
In late 2020 a Chinese man called Guan Heng travelled to Xinjiang with our BuzzFeed map of detention facilities to provide ground truth for our work - he provided the first corroborating evidence for many sites.
He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
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A short summary and interview with me discussing the growing trend of water-related violence worldwide, based on the new data just released by the @pacificinstitute.bsky.social.
www.newsecuritybeat.org/2025/12/wate...
www.newsecuritybeat.org/2025/12/wate...
Water Conflicts Surge Globally: A Conversation on Rising Threats
Events over this past year have made water’s role in global conflicts increasingly salient. India threatened to restrict water flows to Pakistan in response to cross-border terrorism. [...]
www.newsecuritybeat.org
December 4, 2025 at 10:17 PM
A short summary and interview with me discussing the growing trend of water-related violence worldwide, based on the new data just released by the @pacificinstitute.bsky.social.
www.newsecuritybeat.org/2025/12/wate...
www.newsecuritybeat.org/2025/12/wate...
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Trump Says Mamdani Can Call Him a ‘Despot’ & ‘Fascist’
Trump gushed about NYC’s mayor-elect during their meeting & says he’s a “very rational person” & NOT a “jihadist”—after previously calling him a “lunatic.” www.thedailybeast.com/suck-up-trum... Otoh who wouldn’t let Mamdani call them a fascist?
Trump gushed about NYC’s mayor-elect during their meeting & says he’s a “very rational person” & NOT a “jihadist”—after previously calling him a “lunatic.” www.thedailybeast.com/suck-up-trum... Otoh who wouldn’t let Mamdani call them a fascist?
November 21, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Trump Says Mamdani Can Call Him a ‘Despot’ & ‘Fascist’
Trump gushed about NYC’s mayor-elect during their meeting & says he’s a “very rational person” & NOT a “jihadist”—after previously calling him a “lunatic.” www.thedailybeast.com/suck-up-trum... Otoh who wouldn’t let Mamdani call them a fascist?
Trump gushed about NYC’s mayor-elect during their meeting & says he’s a “very rational person” & NOT a “jihadist”—after previously calling him a “lunatic.” www.thedailybeast.com/suck-up-trum... Otoh who wouldn’t let Mamdani call them a fascist?
COP is a bad joke, but a new global conference focused only on a just transition, might not be - so I'm thrilled that Colombia and the Netherlands will be doing just that in Santa Marta in April.
HT @fossiltreaty.bsky.social #ColombiaSinFosiles2026
fossilfueltreaty.org/first-intern...
HT @fossiltreaty.bsky.social #ColombiaSinFosiles2026
fossilfueltreaty.org/first-intern...
November 21, 2025 at 9:16 PM
COP is a bad joke, but a new global conference focused only on a just transition, might not be - so I'm thrilled that Colombia and the Netherlands will be doing just that in Santa Marta in April.
HT @fossiltreaty.bsky.social #ColombiaSinFosiles2026
fossilfueltreaty.org/first-intern...
HT @fossiltreaty.bsky.social #ColombiaSinFosiles2026
fossilfueltreaty.org/first-intern...
My god this made me miss Pete Coviello. Beyond brilliant gorgeous and cathartic read via @dearsarah.bsky.social - lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:31 PM
My god this made me miss Pete Coviello. Beyond brilliant gorgeous and cathartic read via @dearsarah.bsky.social - lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
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Yes Repeat No—the gorgeous experimental art film my partner @dearsarah.bsky.social Sarah produced about 🇵🇸 & 🇮🇱 during the pandemic—is being released to streaming platforms today. I hope you’ll check it out and share it widely
I’m so proud of her!! 🥳
www.freestyledigitalmedia.tv/film/yes-rep...
I’m so proud of her!! 🥳
www.freestyledigitalmedia.tv/film/yes-rep...
November 11, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Yes Repeat No—the gorgeous experimental art film my partner @dearsarah.bsky.social Sarah produced about 🇵🇸 & 🇮🇱 during the pandemic—is being released to streaming platforms today. I hope you’ll check it out and share it widely
I’m so proud of her!! 🥳
www.freestyledigitalmedia.tv/film/yes-rep...
I’m so proud of her!! 🥳
www.freestyledigitalmedia.tv/film/yes-rep...
Yes Repeat No—the gorgeous experimental art film my partner @dearsarah.bsky.social Sarah produced about 🇵🇸 & 🇮🇱 during the pandemic—is being released to streaming platforms today. I hope you’ll check it out and share it widely
I’m so proud of her!! 🥳
www.freestyledigitalmedia.tv/film/yes-rep...
I’m so proud of her!! 🥳
www.freestyledigitalmedia.tv/film/yes-rep...
November 11, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Yes Repeat No—the gorgeous experimental art film my partner @dearsarah.bsky.social Sarah produced about 🇵🇸 & 🇮🇱 during the pandemic—is being released to streaming platforms today. I hope you’ll check it out and share it widely
I’m so proud of her!! 🥳
www.freestyledigitalmedia.tv/film/yes-rep...
I’m so proud of her!! 🥳
www.freestyledigitalmedia.tv/film/yes-rep...
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
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You ever drunk dial your senator?
November 10, 2025 at 1:37 AM
You ever drunk dial your senator?
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No health care, no deal.
November 10, 2025 at 1:33 AM
No health care, no deal.
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I will not support a deal that does nothing to make health care more affordable.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
November 10, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I will not support a deal that does nothing to make health care more affordable.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
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We go to sleep in a better country than we woke up in. Thank you to everyone who worked for these coast-to-coast victories, for this utter repudiation of Trumpism, for economic justice and a country for all of us, not for white supremacy.
November 5, 2025 at 6:22 AM
We go to sleep in a better country than we woke up in. Thank you to everyone who worked for these coast-to-coast victories, for this utter repudiation of Trumpism, for economic justice and a country for all of us, not for white supremacy.
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Brad Lander is at the victory party and, folks, he has the custom one-of-one “GOOD FUCKING RIDDANCE” shirt.
November 5, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Brad Lander is at the victory party and, folks, he has the custom one-of-one “GOOD FUCKING RIDDANCE” shirt.
TURN THE VOLUME UP!
November 5, 2025 at 4:58 AM
TURN THE VOLUME UP!
Such a buzzill when NY1 switched over to the national NBC feed - but PBS ftw!!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnM_...
WATCH LIVE: Zohran Mamdani addresses supporters after winning 2025 NYC mayoral race
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
www.youtube.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Such a buzzill when NY1 switched over to the national NBC feed - but PBS ftw!!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnM_...
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It’s pronounced “Cyclist”.
Cc @stuporradical.bsky.social @sonaar.bsky.social & @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
Cc @stuporradical.bsky.social @sonaar.bsky.social & @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 11:47 PM
It’s pronounced “Cyclist”.
Cc @stuporradical.bsky.social @sonaar.bsky.social & @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
Cc @stuporradical.bsky.social @sonaar.bsky.social & @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
I was a sophomore at Bowdoin on 9/11... I remember talking to my dad on the phone that evening, him telling me in tears to be careful as the first news of mobs attacking Muslims, Sikhs and brown people started to filter in... but today a #Bowdoin alum became the first Muslim Mayor of NYC. #ZOHRAN 🥹🎆
November 5, 2025 at 3:10 AM
I was a sophomore at Bowdoin on 9/11... I remember talking to my dad on the phone that evening, him telling me in tears to be careful as the first news of mobs attacking Muslims, Sikhs and brown people started to filter in... but today a #Bowdoin alum became the first Muslim Mayor of NYC. #ZOHRAN 🥹🎆
November 5, 2025 at 2:39 AM